The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-24

| A few DAYS since AFTER brought home a
pound of powder and told his wife TO put it
| in his powder-horn Mrs. A. was smoking
her pipe, as usual, and continued to smoke as
she slowly poured the powder into tie horn
Several Of the children were present, watch
ing the proceeding. The explosion came,
| according to the regular laws governing
such matters. The family are all badly
| burned, and one of the children may die.
| Last Saturday night as Dr. Goldin of
| Buchanan was going home. from visiting
| patient bear ran to the side of his buggy
and wanted to ride. but the doctor objected
and struck him over the head with the
butt of his whip, and drove off and
left him. The bear also attacked
a woman near the Twentieth district
court ground, but she got away without in
jury Wednesday night, at Ault & Gold
in s saw mill, Perry Sanders was attacked
by the bear. A party will be organized TO
hunt for the bear as his room is better than
his company From the actions of the bear
1t is supposed to have been tame at one time.
A woman has been for several days serv-
ing out ten days sentence in the city
prison at Macon. Friday a man was placed
in an adjoining cell for drunkenness. When
he was aroused from his stupor and began
to sober up, he made the discovery that he
was next door neighbor to woman, and
an acquaintance sprung up. She told him
how she drank a few glasses of beer and fell
victim to the bowl, and so worked upon
his sympathies that after an afternoon of
courtship they became engaged, and agreed
to marry as soon as Recorder Baxter would
let them out Although they could not see
each other they seemed satisfied that fate
had decreed it thus, and each had at last
found an affinity
The firm of Dodge, Meigs & Co., the
widely known manufacturers of Georgia
pine timber, of 70 Wall street, New York,
have been increasing their business and
have sold their mills, railroad and portion
of their timber lands at Normandale to the
Normandale Lumber Company of which
Norman w. Dodge, one of the firm, is the
President They have also sold their lands
and mills at st. Simon's Mills, near Bruins
wick, to the st. Simons Lumber Company
Norman w. Dodge is also President of this
company. These changes are made between
the members of the firm, who control nearly
all the stock, merely for their own conye-
nence and in view of some large improve
ments which they are soon to make.
At Atlanta Saturday above the noise and
tumult III the depot a piercing shrek was
heard. Mrs. George Bryson, of South Caro-
lima, was in the depot with her husband, and
mlstaking the exposition train for one going
10 Augusta, they attempted to board it as it
moved through the car shed. The man got
on all right, but the woman missed her foot
ing and fell Her dress was caught by a
portion of the car and she was dragged
fifteen or twenty yards. Her left foot in
some way was thrown across the track and
two of her toes were mashed off. She was
rescued from her perilous position by Patrol
man Newt Holland and Waterman Flynn.
Her husband had her placed in a carriage
and driven to the house of a friend, where
the proper medical attention was secured.